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*    (Bibl., not of sacrificial cruci-



*    fication). (3) to cover (roof)



*    with wood (?) and corrugated



*    iron; v. ekpamaku [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; cf. Yor.



*    kã [ ˩ ].



*kaɛ̃ 2 [ / ] (1) to fill, of pipe only,



*    v. vɔ̃ [ / ]; kã-ũkoko na [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ]



*    fill this pipe! (2) to load, of



*    gun; kã-(o)sisi na mɛ [ / ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    load me this gun!



*kaɛ̃ 3 [ / ] to touch: ɔy-obɔ kã-ɽ̃ɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˩ ] he (took hand) touched it;



*    cf. Yor. kã [ ˩ ].



*kaɛ̃ 4 [ / ] in kã‿ũkɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (a) to be



*    a messenger to the Ɔba, col-



*    lecting tribute in the country;



*    those messengers used to op-



*    press the countryside a good



*    deal, hence: (b) to annoy some-



*    body by giving him (unwanted)



*    advice in the form of reproaches;



*    to pester; ɣɛɣikã ʋ̃-ũkɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    don’t pester me any more!



*kãgũkãgũ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] lean; used with



*    the verb ye [ ˥ ]; cf. gũkaã [ ˦ ˦ ];



*    for other degrees of leanness in



*    a descending scale v. gũkaã,



*    sĩgɛ̃sĩgɛ̃ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]; rhiamarhiama



*    [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]; sigosigo [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]; simosimo



*    [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].



*kaka 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] to dry; to be dry (in-



*    trans.) used of leaves e.g., hence



*    it is a plural form; cf. ka 2 [ ˥ ].



*kaka 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to be hard; ɛkpede



*    n-ɔkakae [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] a cross-bow



*    that is difficult to tend (occurs



*    in a proverb).



*kãkaãkã 1 [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] tightly; firmly



*    (tied); v. kĩ [ ˥ ].



*kãkaãkã 2 [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] describes a very



*    profound darkness; ebiebi so



*    kãkaãkã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ˥ ˥ ˥ ] it was very



*    dark; amɛ bi kãkaãkã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]



*    the sky is very dark (lit. “the



*    water”, i.e. the sky before a



*    rain); v. nununu [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].